Faux Macro Photography (Almost But Not Quite)

[AgentDrex]

Blue Bottle Fly:

Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver (on a steek):

Bloodsucking Mosquito:

Two American Hoverflies Making Sweet Love on a Blade of Grass:

 

[Buckster]

The bloodsucking mosquito immediately put the Dexter theme playing in my head. LOL

 

[sm4him]

Wow, I like these a lot, Drex. May not be *quite* true macro, but they are sharp, well lit, and interesting. The middle two are my favorites. The last one might be be a tad "bright" for me--I'm not sure if it's the green that seems oversaturated, or the hotspots on the hoverflies, or both, that bother me. But it's still a very nice capture.

I'm glad to know that I'm not the ONLY one who takes photos of mosquitoes instead of swatting them.

 

[AgentDrex]

That mosquito one was tough. It was biting me on the one arm so I had to take the photo with my one hand. I was attempting to get a different angle so I could see it filling with blood but like I said, it was already a very difficult shot to do none-the-less.

Yeah, the hoverflies are too bright. Perhaps I'll have another chance to pull it off. Well, not right now, it's winter-time (woo-hoo). I have taken a couple winter shots already. I'll post it in landscape.

 

[TheFantasticG]

I like #2 the most for detail and overall IQ. Good work, sir.

 

[AgentDrex]

DoF is super narrow when using reverse-lens macro techniques. Obviously using a smaller aperture helps extend the focal plane but then I would run into the problem of needing a higher iso or lower shutter speed (or even worse both) and reduce IQ from there. That and I was using one hand as was. I really wished I would have gotten those hoverflies in proper exposure...how many times does a person see two hoverflies fornicating on a blade of grass long enough to take a photo of them...and they're kind of tiny...hard to spot...

 

[Ron Evers]

Love the skeeter shot.